Copyright

Process

There have been many famous cases involving politicians, musicians, writers, and other celebrities. In these famous cases, the parties have been sued for Copyright infringement. In other words, what happened to the person(s) accused of plagiarism or Copyright infringment? This could happen to you if you copy a CD or post videos or pictures online that you did not create(you do not own the copyright for the product).

RELEVANT WEBSITES
Fair Use and Copyright
Types of Copyright
Learn about fair use in an educational setting.
Read the section titled: "Types of media and permissible amounts"
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml#teacher

Fair use:
http://www.b4ucopy.com/rightstuff.html

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/ccmcguid.htm#2

Task

Your team will understand copyright laws and fair use.
Your team will understand the different types of copyright available.

Things to do:
1. Read the section titled: "Types of media and permissible amounts"
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml#teacher
2. Read about the copyright types.
3. Take the b4ucopy quiz. http://www.b4ucopy.com

Other:

Music Cases:

Visit the Copyright website that provides plagiarism cases in Movies, Musics and Web sites:

Music cases:
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/law/library/caselist.html
Cartoon cases:
http://editorialcartoonists.com/news/article.cfm/483/
Writer Cases:
DaVinci Code
Jayson Blair-NY Times
Ambrose plagiarism
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Political Cases:
Joseph Biden
Websites:
Elite Torrents
Blog cases:
New York Times

As you have seen in the real world, a plagiarist can lose their job, ruin their reputation and pay a lot of money to the victim when sued. As a student, you must understand the consequences of your actions.

Elmhurst SD 205 has provided guidelines for students as well as Character Counts pillar for honesty. Your teacher has the discretion to determine the consequences if you are found guilty.